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Biosphere carbon stock management: addressing the threat of abrupt climate change in the next few decades: an editorial essay

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Read, P. Biosphere carbon stock management: addressing the threat of abrupt climate change in the next few decades: an editorial essay. Climatic Change 87, 305–320 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-007-9356-y

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